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[. . . ] 5 Learn to Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Create a Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Select a Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Multiplayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Or, you can have Flight Simulator download the actual current weather conditions for the location in which you're flying. Flight Simulator 2002 Professional Edition includes an Instructor's Station that you can use to monitor and interact with Flight Simulator "students" while they fly. Before You Fly | 10 WHAT IS FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2002? Your Virtual Pilot Career IMPROVED! In Flight Simulator 2002, you'll find predesigned Flights organized into categories that allow you to experience many different kinds of flying that real-world pilots do. Experience a virtual pilot career within Flight Simulator 2002. Help for Add-on Developers NEW! gmax, a 3-D modeling tool from Discreet that is included in Flight Simulator 2002 Professional Edition, helps add-on developers create scenery objects with industry-standard formatting. Create and modify aircraft, too, using the improved Flight Dynamics Editor. WHERE'S MY MANUAL? Wondering what happened to your Pilot's Handbook?Flight Simulator 2002 includes several onscreen, printable Handbooks. These Handbooks contain the information you'll need to get the most out of Flight Simulator 2002. Your Handbooks come in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. This means that they're readable and printable using any operating system that supports the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you are given the option to install it when you install Flight Simulator 2002. You will find the Handbooks in the comprehensive Library. On the main screen of Flight Simulator 2002, you'll find the Library & Help link on the left side of the page. Before You Fly | 11 WHERE'S MY MANUAL? Flight Simulator 2002 includes the following useful Handbooks: Floatplane Handbook The Cessna Caravan Amphibian opens up an entire new aviation experience: flying a floatplane. Learn how to master the intricacies of takeoffs, landings, and other water operations. Quick Reference Guide This handy collection provides you with the information you'll most frequently need at your fingertips: a short list of the most frequently used key commands, basic procedures, and the phonetic alphabet used in air traffic control communications. Rod Machado's Ground School Rod Machado is one of the world's bestknown flight instructors. A list of frequently used, basic keyboard commands can be found on the inside and outside of the back cover of this book. For a complete list of all possible key commands, see Getting More from Flight Simulator 2002 in the Library & Help section. In addition, the Key Commands tab on the Kneeboard in Flight Simulator (press the F10 key to display the Kneeboard) features a complete list of keyboard commands. You'll find a short video about controlling Flight Simulator 2002 aircraft using the keyboard in the Getting Started section of the Welcome screen. Customizing the Controls In real aircraft, each button, lever, or knob serves a specific function. In Flight Simulator, you can customize the joystick and keyboard commands so that your simulated cockpit works the way you like best. For example, you could reassign the key used to extend and retract the landing gear from the G key to another. On the Options menu, point to Controls, and select Assignments. To adjust how sensitive your joystick is, on the Options menu, point to Controls, and then select Sensitivities. Before You Fly | 16 MAKING FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2002 REALLY FLY When talking about a flight simulation's graphics, quality refers to how real the images look on the screen, and performance refers to how quickly and smoothly the images move. Higher quality typically means decreased performance, because displaying complex, richly detailed, three-dimensional graphics puts a heavy load on your system. If you're not seeing the graphics quality and performance you expect, this section explains some choices and tradeoffs you can make to optimize your experience. Use your 3-D graphics accelerator card Improving Quality and Performance To achieve maximum quality and performance, consider the following options: Shut down other applications To display Flight Simulator graphics, your computer must convert a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional image. A 3-D graphics accelerator makes this task easier by taking some of the burden off the main processor. [. . . ] Num Pad 6 Yaw Left (rudder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Num Pad ENTER Center Ailerons and Rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Num Pad 5 Pitch Down (elevator) . . . . . . . . . . Num Pad 8 Pitch Up (elevator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]